Private 23012 Charles ELKERTON

Private 23012 Charles Elkerton{gallery}Pte C Elkerton{/gallery}4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
Killed in action at Gallipoli, 6th August 1915, aged 18

• Commemorated: Helles Memorial, HIlles, Canakkale, Turkey. Panel 104-113
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals [Medal Card]
  
• Son of James and Maria Elkerton [nee Hudson]
• NNWFHS Memorials: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments | Queen’s Road School | Stockingford
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Elkerton
• Helles Memorial
• Worcestershire Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born Jan Qtr 1897 at Chilvers Coton
• Attended Queen’s Road School
  
• Lived at 6 Lamb Street, Nuneaton
  
• Lived at 10 Edward Street, Nuneaton
  
• Employed as a brickyard labourer
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Arrived in the Balkans on 15 Jul 1915
• Surname seen as Elkington in 1901 census and other records